Decorative article



Feb. 4, 1930. s, FElLER 'DECORATIVE ARTICLE Filed Aug. 22, '192s VIIP I F1321: l, mn

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be madeof glass, steel, b'akelite or any other the like, and may be shaped `to the desired 65 25 *Figa 2 isa7 similarview of the same, showsimply bewound about said ring in closely 75 y40V vfront viewof part of a' string of beads. art of caning. and need not therefore be de so 45l f Said beads 10 may be made of any ysuitable sign in a manner well known to those skilled 95 Vnntdeo'f polished'steeorother suitable strong bead members 16 may be substituted if dea Patented Feb. 4,1930 f UNITED ,STATES glalElaT oFFicE Y y i "f SAUL EEILER, yor NEW YORK, N. Y.

EEconArrvE ARTICLE ,Appncaiinma August 22, 192s. seriaimi. 301,273.

` This invention relates towoven'bodies for andl opaque material. The surfaces of the various types of articlesy such as articles of beads may be cut as is well known in the furniture, decorative articles and. the like, art, to make said beads sparkling or iridesand relates further toy sucharticlesas may centand to cause them to reflect light. The be made largely of strung beads. 4Stringing 11 for the various strings is made My invention contemplates the interweavof material having sulicient tensile strength ingof strungvbeads to produce all or any to resist breakage of the Stringing, such as partof the bodies ofvarious typesof'articles for instance, string, wire, gut ory other suit! such as, for instance, lamps, vases,'chande able material. f 'f liers,chandelierglobes,pocket-books, jewel- Referringy now to Fig. 1, I have there 60 ry boxes, furniture, baby carriages and simishown a series of warp members 12 which lar articles, whereinreed or cane might have serve as the foundation for the woven body.

previouslybeen used.l ySaid beads are strung Said members 12 are made of any suitable in', advance on the Stringing therefor, andmay material, such as wire,'reed, wood dowels or suitablefcomposition capable of producing form and secured to a ring or frame 13, as the .desirable lig t andshadeand variegated by inserting said members into suitable holes color yeHects hereinafter mentioned. 14 made in' said ring or frame. The string The various objects ofmy invention will rof beads is sufficiently fieXible to allow it t0 be clear from the description which follows be easily handled and woven over and under 70 andv from vthe drawings, in which, the various warp members to form what I Fig. 1 is a front view of part of the bodyV will term the weft members of the body. If of an article illustrating how my invention itis'desired that the framework of the article nis applied to the weaving of said article. be covered with beads, the strung beads may ing a modified form ofthe weave.. wound convolutions as indicated at 15. Even Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the same, showthough the strings of beads be woven as closeing how .strung beads may beemployed for ly as possible across the warp members, ,the warp 'members of the woven bodyi numerous small openings are left neverthe- Fig.AA t is a vertical section of a vase, showless throughout the body.' I have utilized so ing how my invention may be applied there# said openings not only for ventilation purto, and showing an illuminating lamp adaptposes but also for obtaining certain color edto give various color effects when lighted. effects as will appear more fully hereinafter. Fig. 5 Visa similar view of a lamp'stand to It will be understood that any type of which my invention hasbeen applied. weave or braid may be used in the formation S5 Fig. 6 is a bottom planview ofthe bottom of the body of the varticle to which my inof thearticl'e showing-the bayonet lock prefvention is applied', and that the weave illusT 1 erablyQused for the lamp base, and trated in Fig. 1 is merely one example there- Figffisa partial verticalsection and of. Otherexamples are well known in the AIn the' practical embodiment of my inscribed .in detail. I have shown, however, yvention VwhichjIhave,'illustratedby yway lof another form of'weave in Figs. Zand 3, to eXample, suitable beads Kas 10 are strung in indicate that the strung beads are well adapt- .y advance vupon-theStringing 1 1. ed to be woven to produce any desiredy deand preferably translucent yor transparent in the caning yart, and which 'will now bev material, such as coral, amber, glass, or the obvious. l like,b'akelite or other similarcolorable and For the substantially stiff and compara# f `trauislncent g material `1or the beads lmay be tively inflexible warp members 12, the' strung sired, to serve as warp members and to provlde a woven body presenting a beaded appearance throughout. It will be understood that beads oi various colors andk of varying degrees of translucency or opaquenessmay be alternated in any desired manner on any string, and that different strings arranged across diierent rows of the warp members' may havedi'fferent colors if desired to ac-y centuate the coloration oi the resulting article, and that the warp membersmay also be made in variegated colors as desired.

In korder to illustrate how my improved beaded body may be used for the manufacture of lamp stands, vases and the like, I'have in Fight, shown my invention applied vto a lvase adapted to be. lighted by a lamp inside thereof;` In said.vase,the warp members may be suitably shaped and the weit members arranged in accordance with any. oi the weaves illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, or in ac-V cordance with anyother weavewhich may be desired.- 'I`he body may terminate in. suitable rings or frames as 13 at the top and bottom thereof for maintainingthe proper shape of the. body; Thepglass' container 17 of colored' glass, if desired,- may be inserted in the open e111d18 of the vase for holding flowers andthe li re. i

In order to produce various color effects as well as various lighting eliect's, I preiier to 1n-vr sert an electric lamp as'19- into' the body of. the` article.` As shown in Fig. l, said lamp is mounted upon a detachable base as 20 means of the tongues 21,operating in the groove 22 of the base member 23.. At spaced intervals corresponding to thespacing ,ci the tongues 21', upright slots as 24, each oi"y the same depth as the groove 22, extend. from. said e groove: to the bottom of the base 23 so as to provide a bayonet lock for the member 20. Suitable holes as 25 may be made in saidr base for allowing air to circulate through the interior of thevase and out through the spaces s between. the weft members so that the body does not become unduly heated by the heat of thelamp 19. `A. suitable switch as 26 may be provided in the usual. manner for controlling the lighting oi? the lamp 19. l Said lamp may be of anydesired color contrasting with the color of the beads 10 or the Warp membersor corresponding.therewithify (desired, so as to produce pleasing color effects by the casting Vof colored light. on the beads in various amounts and therebyV producing ashaded lighting eiiect as well as pleasingharmonious or contrasting color ,eiiects By changing the lamp L19 for one of another color the effect.

may be varied.

Referring now to 5, I'have there shown a lamp stand-.comprising the support BO'and theshade 31. E'Xcepting for the frame work' of the lamp and shade, the body thereof may be made throughout of strung beads woven across the warp members, which may also be` of strung beads, or of the materials previously described. For additional decoration, suitable fringes 36, also of strungbeadsmay be suspendedirom one of the rings 18y forming Y After'Y the body of the article, and the fringeslthereomif any, have been made, the entire article may bel glue-sized for maintain-Vl ing the stiffnessot1 the strung beads and prevent-ing possible..Y distortion. It will ybe. understood that: anysuitablematerial may be used for the sizing instead Yof glue, such as for instance, varnish shellac andthe like.

Articles made. of my improved Woven body may be ydropped with imp-unity and are not likely to .break or become distort-ed. Y

Sucharticlespresent a pleasing appearance by reason. of the reflection ofliglit therefrom,

Vthe.Variedl'ight and'shade effects thus pro# duced, andthe various colors in numerous designs which are obtainable'f'rom suchweav# ing. I Y e It will be seen. that improved woven body may be applied to a great variety of different articles which need not be specifically.

mentioned excepting to say that such a bodyk is applicable to Vall articles which, vmay be woven ofreed or cane.` v `1v Y It will-be understood' that-,while I have sho-wn and described specific embodiments of my invention, I do not intend to limitmyself thereto, but that I intend to claim lmy invention as broadly asV may bepermitted by the state of the prior art and the terms of the appended claims. z 4 A Y Iclaim; Y

1'. InAa decorative article, a'Y-self-bracedf body of two interwoven sets ofmembersgat least one set of said-members comprising substantially parallel strings of beads woven across the `other set, and means in the interiory v of article fory illuminating lsaid article and saidbeads and thereby vproducing predeA termi-nedflighting, effects.

2. Inasubstantially r1gid decorative artil cle, a self-sustaining woven body comprising warp members and weft members consisting of strings of'beads of predetermined col-v ors woven `across and in front and behind spaced Warpfmembers 'andfmeans 'for illumi-v natingwsaid body -andrfor producing variegated llghtins and color effects, colrlllrislg colored illuminating 'means 'the interior of said article. v Y e 3.. In a substantially rigid decorative article, a self-sustaining' body of interwoven strings of colored beads, including means for maintainingsaid strings of beads against disvtortion in the shape into which they are woven, and a lamp arranged in the interior of said article for producing variegated color and lighting eiifects.

4f. In a substantially rigid decorative article, a self-sustaining `woven portion consisting of strings of beads, and means for supporting said strings including shaped warp members about which said strings are inter- Woven, said strings of beads being woven to leave smallopenings near the warp members Jfor the passage of light therethrough, and illuminating means in the interior of said article. Y

5. In a decorative article, a' self-sustaining woven portion comprising interwoven strings of beads of different colors, substantially rparallel and comparatively closely spaced warp members behind and in front of which said strings are woven for maintaining the shape of said article, said warp members being at substantially right angles to said strings, said strings being woven so as to provide comparatively small openings for the passage of lighttherethrough, a lamp in the interior of said article, a base for supporting said lamp, and means for removably supporting said base whereby said base may be removed rom the article and a lamp of different color substituted.

6. Iny a decorative article, a self-sustained body comprising interwoven strings of beads, f

a frame interwoven with said strings a lamp adapted to be arranged in the interior of said article for illuminating said beads, and means for removably securing said lamp in place whereby a lamp of different color may be substituted to kchange the lighting effect.

7 In a substantially rigid illuminating device, a removable lamp inthe interior of the device, and self-sustaining means for producing variegated lighting and color effects comprisingv the body of said article, said means including a series of substantially parallel and comparatively closely spaced warp members bent permanently into predeterc mined shape, and a series of substantially parallel strings of beads differing in color, woven in front of some of said ,warp members and behind others of said warp members whereby saidv body is permanently shaped and self-maintained against distortion'and produces substantially the same lighting effect under varying conditions of t SAUL FEILER. 

